Century Aluminum (CENX) Competitors

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CENX or KALU?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Kaiser Aluminum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.7, suggesting that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaiser Aluminum has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CENX or KALU?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 2 more articles in the media than Kaiser Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Century Aluminum and 4 mentions for Kaiser Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Century Aluminum's score of 1.37 indicating that Kaiser Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kaiser Aluminum	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum received 77 more outperform votes than Kaiser Aluminum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.55% of users gave Kaiser Aluminum an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 362 50.42%	Underperform Votes 356 49.58%
Kaiser Aluminum	Outperform Votes 285 56.55%	Underperform Votes 219 43.45%

Do analysts prefer CENX or KALU?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 50.48%. Kaiser Aluminum has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.68%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Kaiser Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kaiser Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CENX or KALU?

Kaiser Aluminum has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kaiser Aluminum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum	$2.36B	0.64	-$43.10M	$1.18	13.70
Kaiser Aluminum	$3.06B	0.38	$47.20M	$2.67	27.11

Is CENX or KALU more profitable?

Century Aluminum has a net margin of 14.69% compared to Kaiser Aluminum's net margin of 1.55%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 13.38% beat Kaiser Aluminum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Aluminum	14.69%	13.38%	4.33%
Kaiser Aluminum	1.55%	6.25%	1.80%

Summary

Century Aluminum beats Kaiser Aluminum on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.